GeForce 8600 GTS vs GTX 1050 Mobile

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	410	not rated
Place by popularity	94	not in top-100
Power efficiency	11.40	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	GP107B	G84
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	3 January 2017 (7 years ago)	17 April 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$199

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	640	32
CUDA cores	640	no data
Core clock speed	1354 MHz	675 MHz
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,300 million	289 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	60 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	59.72	10.80
Floating-point processing power	1.911 TFLOPS	0.0928 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	40	16

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	no data	198 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin
SLI options	-	+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4000 MB	256 MB
Standard memory config per GPU	no data	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	32 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDCP	2.2	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream	+	-
GPU Boost	3.0	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.4	4.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	+	1.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 January 2017	17 April 2007
Maximum RAM amount	4000 MB	256 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	60 Watt

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